General Skills Statistics

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£50,000	+5.26%	18,204 16.50%	18,805
Finance	3	Down -1 place-1	£67,500	+3.84%	14,276 12.94%	18,465
Analytical Skills	25	Down -16 places-16	£52,500	-	5,908 5.36%	8,701
Marketing	35	Down -18 places-18	£47,000	+4.44%	4,615 4.18%	6,005
Manufacturing	40	Down -6 places-6	£50,000	+5.26%	4,256 3.86%	3,843
Public Sector	41	Up 17 places+17	£63,076	+9.69%	4,250 3.85%	3,608
Retail	43	Down -12 places-12	£50,000	+17.64%	3,633 3.29%	3,604
Inclusion and Diversity	50	Down -30 places-30	£55,000	-	3,204 2.90%	5,727
Law	51	Down -24 places-24	£60,000	+12.14%	3,124 2.83%	5,514
Legal	54	No change0	£57,500	-	2,931 2.66%	5,174
Organisational Skills	81	Up 24 places+24	£36,542	+1.50%	2,307 2.09%	2,206
Banking	93	Down -44 places-44	£82,500	-	2,092 1.90%	3,359
Aerospace	117	Up 218 places+218	£55,000	+9.88%	1,753 1.59%	1,877
Games	120	Up 106 places+106	£50,000	+17.64%	1,717 1.56%	1,174
Electronics	127	Down -74 places-74	£52,500	-4.54%	1,627 1.47%	1,667
Telecoms	129	Down -10 places-10	£45,000	+5.88%	1,616 1.47%	1,538
Influencing Skills	171	Up 75 places+75	£70,000	+7.69%	1,288 1.17%	1,893
Presentation Skills	189	Down -15 places-15	£55,000	-8.33%	1,159 1.05%	2,174
Automotive	194	Up 122 places+122	£50,000	-	1,130 1.02%	1,142
Pharmaceutical	288	Up 67 places+67	£55,000	+14.28%	719 0.65%	932
Advertising	291	Down -68 places-68	£47,250	-0.52%	712 0.65%	887
Local Government	309	Up 32 places+32	£50,936	+12.21%	667 0.60%	655
Military	321	Up 96 places+96	£50,000	+11.11%	627 0.57%	685
Aviation	362	Up 106 places+106	£65,000	+36.31%	553 0.50%	351
Documentation Skills	398	Down -38 places-38	£52,500	-2.77%	487 0.44%	425
Financial Institution	402	Down -41 places-41	£87,500	+2.94%	480 0.44%	957
Billing	434	Down -14 places-14	£45,000	+5.88%	412 0.37%	523
Back Office	445	Down -36 places-36	£55,000	-21.42%	398 0.36%	464
Front Office	487	Down -255 places-255	£100,000	-13.04%	334 0.30%	603
German Language	538	Down -24 places-24	£42,500	+21.42%	275 0.25%	392
French Language	557	Down -57 places-57	£45,000	+28.57%	251 0.23%	376
Publishing	565	Down -59 places-59	£48,500	-24.21%	240 0.22%	421
Legal Technology	566	Up 10 places+10	£72,500	+11.53%	239 0.22%	334
Health Technology	576	Down -65 places-65	£60,000	-6.25%	229 0.21%	177
Social Housing	616	Up 34 places+34	£51,000	+16.05%	186 0.17%	78
Brand Awareness	618	Down -29 places-29	£50,000	+66.66%	184 0.17%	107
Investment Banking	627	Down -296 places-296	£105,000	-4.54%	174 0.16%	440
Spanish Language	646	Down -34 places-34	£55,555	+63.39%	155 0.14%	207
Fire and Rescue	650	Down -33 places-33	£55,000	+22.22%	151 0.14%	73
Police	650	Down -102 places-102	£51,878	+25.44%	151 0.14%	177
Agriculture	657	Down -48 places-48	£45,000	-18.18%	144 0.13%	140
Multimedia	672	Down -78 places-78	£32,000	+4.91%	129 0.12%	467
Italian Language	679	Down -39 places-39	£54,000	+58.82%	122 0.11%	105
General Ledger	692	Down -62 places-62	£62,500	-21.87%	109 0.099%	178
Tech for Good	694	Down -125 places-125	£69,000	+7.81%	107 0.097%	50
Digital Healthcare	696	Down -32 places-32	£60,000	-4.00%	105 0.095%	57
Digital Health	697	Down -80 places-80	£52,500	-12.50%	104 0.094%	123
Mandarin Language	708	Down -84 places-84	£47,250	-17.82%	93 0.084%	57
Japanese Language	708	Down -61 places-61	£54,808	+61.20%	93 0.084%	57
Portuguese Language	714	Down -59 places-59	£60,000	+87.50%	87 0.079%	29